Kirtland Temple

The Kirtland Temple was a Mormon temple in Kirtland, Ohio that was built in 1833. It was the first temple to be built by adherents of the LDS Church, with Joseph Smith and Brigham Young overseeing its construction and its dedication on 27 March 1836. Most of its congregants migrated to Missouri by 1838, but it remained a Mormon temple, and it was operated by Mormon dissenters until the 1950s, when preservation concerns led to a newer temple being built across the street. On 4 June 1969, it was added to the National Registry of Historic Places.